Climate Nantes Atlantique Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nantes Atlantique Airport (LFRS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	50.9	54	54	39	45	55
February	58.8	40	72	51	62	57
March	70.1	73	53	76	84	67
April	81.1		68	78	91	79
May	80.7		80	88	75	82
June	80.9		91	83	74	68
July	82.5		72	94	76	82
August	81.7		78	80	75	83
September	82.9		89	87	88	84
October	69.3		78	71	76	67
November	67.6		63	73	66	74
December	52.3		43	50	50	65
Average	71.7	56.6	71.9	75.8	73.5	73.1

85th best VFR conditions of France

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.4	86	86	63	74	77
February	82.9	73	90	82	87	79
March	91.3	93	91	92	96	89
April	93.9		88	92	97	91
May	94.4		98	96	94	91
June	94.4		95	98	93	91
July	96.4		96	98	96	95
August	94.4		93	94	94	95
September	94.1		98	96	95	93
October	87.1		93	85	91	89
November	86.0		89	88	84	86
December	77.5		78	75	69	83
Average	89.6	84.6	92.0	90.2	90.5	89.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.2	10	10	8	8	11
February	11.5	13	11	12	11	13
March	13.8	14	14	15	14	14
April	17.0		16	17	16	20
May	20.6		21	23	18	22
June	24.2		27	25	24	22
July	26.1		24	29	24	26
August	25.6		25	29	23	26
September	23.4		27	23	24	24
October	18.7		21	21	18	16
November	13.1		14	15	11	15
December	10.3		12	6	11	10
Average	17.1	12.0	18.3	18.9	16.8	18.0

43rd highest temperature of France

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.4	4	5	3	2	5
February	4.3	7	3	5	5	6
March	5.5	6	6	6	4	6
April	6.9		7	7	5	9
May	10.2		11	11	9	11
June	13.9		16	14	14	13
July	15.0		14	16	15	14
August	14.7		15	17	14	15
September	12.5		15	12	13	13
October	10.1		12	13	8	9
November	5.6		7	8	4	6
December	4.5		6	1	5	4
Average	8.5	5.6	9.8	9.6	7.9	9.2

72nd lowest temperature of France

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	31.9	30	47	18	38	39
February	30.1	49	12	32	22	48
March	27.0	38	36	25	17	22
April	19.5		23	20	8	26
May	18.5		20	8	40	9
June	21.1		9	25	31	41
July	12.2		23	2	24	6
August	15.0		20	11	14	23
September	17.3		18	27	16	12
October	29.6		34	24	28	45
November	33.5		46	44	17	22
December	36.5		40	25	41	44
Average	24.6	38.9	25.6	20.0	24.4	26.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.0	8	9	7	8	9
February	9.1	9	7	9	10	12
March	9.3	8	11	9	8	10
April	7.7		8	8	8	8
May	7.8		8	7	10	8
June	6.9		7	7	6	8
July	7.4		9	7	8	7
August	6.9		7	7	7	7
September	7.0		7	7	7	6
October	7.7		8	8	8	9
November	7.8		9	9	6	7
December	8.7		9	8	9	9
Average	7.9	8.6	8.1	7.6	8.0	8.2

43rd highest wind speed of France

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	202°	244°	356°	249°	208°
February	234°	048°	245°	148°	242°
March	206°	233°	109°	283°	003°
April		281°	017°	045°	134°
May		025°	355°	247°	043°
June		001°	257°	309°	238°
July		248°	010°	259°	296°
August		269°	028°	307°	254°
September		205°	252°	311°	311°
October		204°	198°	201°	237°
November		248°	220°	360°	168°
December		232°	068°	195°	234°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.